Problem Statement:

It makes the tedious job of separating ground nut pod much easier than the manually done by the farmers. It saves time and energy that can be used to do some other work. Source: http://nif.org.in/innovation/ground_nut_-pod_-separator-wool_-ginning_-machine/162

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Detail:

Groundnut pod Separator: Grouundnut pod separating is one of the tedious tasks as it needs to be separated by picking them individually by hand or bulk by twisting the roots as they are the tedious job. The innovator designed and fabricated a unique pod separator that used rotating blades to snip off the pods. The bullock-drawn blade harrow was also used to loosen the plants first so that they were then easy to uproot. Innovator also got help from two his friends and make this instrument got his first patent for a groundnut pod separator sealed in December 1990 (patent no 175864) and second innovation were much latter. Source: http://nif.org.in/innovation/ground_nut_-pod_-separator-wool_-ginning_-machine/162 Source: http://honeybee.org/hb_inno_detail.php?ID=KNW0020000000094&lang_name=en&page=1&search_case=Marut%20Roa%20Sarode Wool Ginning Machine: The innovator collected pedestal bush bearings, shafting and fixed 1200 nails on a wooden strip to form a comb, mounted in the outer flat surface of a belt pulley. A stationary comb of nails was fixed in a curved housing below the pulley in such a way that nails on the pulley passed between the teeth of the comb. The pulley had a sprocket attached, and a chain and crank handle could be manually turned to achieve speeds between 60 and 100 rpm. Two people can easily operate as one person fed in the raw wool while another turned the handle.

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Marut Roa Sarode
Address: "Village: Sade, Taluka : Rahuri,
City: Ahmadnagar
State: Maharashtra
PIN Code 413704

Link: It is has a unique pod separator that used rotating blades to snip off the pods. The hard and tedious work turns into fast, less laborious and easily handle a large volume of ground nut pod can be separated. Source: http://nif.org.in/innovation/ground_nut_-pod_-separator-wool_-ginning_-machine/162
Manufacturing Capacity: a) Turnkey solution, b) Design Support, c) Sub-contracting, d) Licensing, e) Franchising, f) Any other:
Problem Scale: 1) India 2) Around the world